Button-fastener



A. MOSES.

BUTTON FASTE'NER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10. 1919.

1,340,073, Patented May 11,1920.

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ALICE 'MOSES, OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

'BUTTON-FASTENER.

Application filed October 10, 1919.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALICE Mosns, a citizenof the United States, residing at Bennington, in the county ofBennington, State of Vermont, have invented a new and usefulButton-Fastener; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and

- exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to button fasteners and has for its object toprovide means whereby buttons may be quickly and easily fastened to anarticle of clothing or removed therefrom. At the present time wherebuttons are sewed on clothing, the buttons become broken when laundriedthereby dropping off the clothing.

A further object is to provide a securing means for a button comprisinga bowed pin formed from a single piece of spring wire, said spring wirebeing bent upon itself so as to form a pin section provided with aseries of convolutions adapted to be forced through the cloth and thenthrough the eye of a button and finally again passing through the clothand having its free end held by the body portion of the pin, saidconvolution preventing this displacement of the button after the pinportion has been forced through the eye thereof.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the button fastenershowing the same applied to a button.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the button showing thesame applied to a piece of cloth.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a conventional formof button having a transverse aperture 2 through a lug 3 on the rearface thereof. It is customary to sew the button 1 to the cloth bySpecification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 329,673.

passing a series of threads through the aperture 2 and the cloth,however to avoid the use of thread and at the same time provide meansfor securing the button on the goods so that it can be easily andquickly applied or removed, a pin 4 is provided. The pin Patented May11, 1920.

4 is made of spring wlre and comprises a body portion 5 having at oneend thereof a right angled portion 6, the end of which is bent as at 7to form a loop for the reception of the free end of the pin section 8.The pin section 8 is provided with a compound curve 9, the convolutionsof which are adapted to be forced through the aperture 2 in the buttonso that the corners 10 of the aperture will engage within theconvolution 11 and be held therein so that the button will be preventedfrom longitudinal movement on the pin section 8. The rear end of the pinsection 8 extends upwardly as at 12 and is bent upon itself as at 13 andmerges into the body portion 5 as at 14. The second bend 13 forms adownwardly extending projection 15, which prevents the upward slippingof the cloth upon the portion 12 of the pin section, thereby keeping thecloth in engagement with the rear face of the button. The outerconvolution 9 also maintains the cloth in a close position to the lug 3on the opposite side to the lug 15. The pin section 8 being made ofspring material it will be seen that as it is forced through the hole 12the button 1 will be held against longitudinal movement on the pinsection 8. this holding being accomplished by the frictional engagementof the convolutions 11 within the aperture 2.

From the above it will be seen that a button'fastener is provided whichmay be easily and quickly applied and one wherein buttons may be easilyand quickly removed from clothing before laundrying and quickly replacedafter laundrying.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isA button securing pin comprising a body member, said body member beingbent at an acute angle at one of its ends. said acute angle portionbeing bent upon itself so as to form a downwardly extending projection,the free end again being bent upon itself so as to form a pin portion,said pin portion being provided with a series of convolutions adapted tobe forced through a cloth thence through a transverse aperture in thebutton, In testimony whereof I have signed my thence through the clothat the opposite side name to this specification in the presence of thebutton until the rear convolution enof two subscribing witnesses.

gages within the aperture of the button and ALICE MOSES. 5 a hookcarried at the end of the body mem- Witnesses:

her for the reception of the free end of the H. B. HUToHINs,

pin section. Jos. M. Ame.

